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The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine 2008;29(2): 413-420. |
| 두침치료를 시행한 중추성 마비 말장애(Dysarthria) 환자의 모음 공간 평가 |
| 신유정1, 박종혁1, 백경민1, 장우석1, 최양규2 |
1대구한의대 심계내과학교실
2대구대학교 재활과학대학 언어치료학교실 |
| An Evaluation of Effectiveness of Scalp Acupuncture on Post-stroke Dysarthria Group
through Graphed Vowel Space |
| Yoo-jeong Shin1, Jong-hyuck Park1, Kyung-min Baek1, Woo-seok Chang1, Yang-kyu Choi2 |
1Dept. of Cardiovascular and Neurologic Disease, College of Oriental Medicine, Daegu-Haany University
2Dept. of Speech-language pathology, Daegu University |
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Published online: June 30, 2008. |
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| ABSTRACT |
Objective :
To investigate the therapeutic effect of scalp acupuncture on dysarthria after stroke.
Methods :
A-B model in single subject research. The experimental group of 7 members received scalp acupuncture and the control group of 5 nothing for dysarthria itself. Five single vowels were recorded by voice recorder and measured for 1st & 2nd formant. By the formants, a vowel space was made according to each one of the patients. Praat program was used for evaluation.
Results:
4 cases in the experimental group showed significant change and just 1 case of the none-operated group got better.
Conclusion:
In this study, it's proven that acupuncture treatment might have positive efficacy on dysarthria cases. At this moment, more clinical reports are needed for objective oriental medical study. |
| Key words:
dysarthria, scalp acupuncture, vowel space, formant |
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